Great African Reads discussion

Here's a listing of books that I didn't get the chance to read in 2021 that I want to read for 2022.
1. A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution
2. Angry Wind: Through Muslim Black Africa by Truck, Bus, Boat, and Camel
3. Burkina Faso: A History of Power, Protest and Revolution
4. Diamonds, Gold, and War (Volume 2 of 2) (EasyRead Comfort Edition): The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa
5. King Leopold's Ghost
6. A Girl Called Eel
7. Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa
8. Ghana Must Go
9. Female Monarchs and Merchant Queens in Africa
10. Njinga of Angola: Africa's Warrior Queen
11. The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert
12. How Beautiful We Were
13. Sankofa
14. The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
15. The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree: How I Fought to Save Myself, My Sister, and Thousands of Girls Worldwide
16. The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the African Middle Ages
17. Idi Amin: The Story of Africa's Icon of Evil
18. The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi
19. Congo: The Epic History of a People
20. Kintu
21. A Conspiracy of Mothers
22. Loot: Britain and the Benin Bronzes
23. Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits
24. The Ghana Reader: History, Culture, Politics

Woah, what a meaty list! So many of these look interesting.

Thanks Tinea!

My first book to read will be Kintu.

My February read will be Njinga of Angola.

I'm way behind and finishing reading these books now. For 2022, the following books were selected:

January -Kintu

February -Njinga of Angola: Africa's Warrior Queen

March -How Beautiful We Were

April -Sankofa

May -A Girl Called Eel

June -A Conspiracy of Mothers

July -A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution

August -King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

September - The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gĩkũyũ and MũmbiDiamonds, Gold, and War: The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa

October -Idi Amin: The Story of Africa's Icon of Evil

November -The Ghana Reader: History, Culture, Politics

December -Diamonds, Gold, and War: The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa